May

Dr. Ranjith Mahindapala has been appointed as the Country Representative of IUCN Sri Lanka Country Office with effect from 15 February, 2008. He succeeds, Mrs. Shiranee Yasaratne who has moved to the Asia Regional Office. Dr. Mahindapala has been with IUCN for nearly 12 years, and previously served as the Director Programme of IUCN Sri Lanka programme (1997 to 2003) and at the IUCN Asia Regional Office in Bangkok as the Deputy Regional Programme Coordinator (2004 – 2007). …

On April 18, a roundtable Meeting on Market Demands for Legal and Sustainable Wood Products in Ha Noi provided examples of initiatives from the private sector and civil society groups in Viet Nam of mechanisms to promote the use of verified legal timber. … | Vietnamese

Workshop on the Lessons learnt from the Green Coast Project25-26 February 2008, ColomboFour organizations, namely, Both ENDS, World Wide Fund for Nature and Natural Resources, Wetlands International and IUCN Netherlands Committee, implementeda project entitled Coastal ecosystems and livelihoods after the tsunamiduring the period from July 2005 to December 2007 with funding from Oxfam N(o)VIB. This project focused on five Tsunami-affected countries in Asia: India, Indonesia, Sri-Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia.In Sri Lanka, the IUCN Sri Lanka Country Office was vested with implementation responsibility.

Nominations are sought from IUCN members and Commission members for Honorary Membership of IUCN, an award created at the foundation of the Union on 5 October 1948 and recorded in IUCN’s first Statutes. …

Nominations are sought from IUCN members and Commission members for Honorary Membership of IUCN, an award created at the foundation of the Union on 5 October 1948 and recorded in IUCN’s first Statutes. …

IUCN Member Organizations and Commission Members are invited to submit nominations for the John C. Phillips Memorial Medal. The Medal which recognizes outstanding service in international conservation is IUCN’s highest conservation award and commemorates the life and work of Dr John C. Phillips, a pioneer of the conservation movement. …